Posts (Two) at North East End, to South of Church Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1995. Post.
Posts (Two) at North East End, to South of Church Steps
- WRENN ID
- moated-zinc-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1995
- Type
- Post
- Address
- Posts (Two) at North East End, to South of Church Steps, Castle Parade
- OS grid reference
- SD 473 618
- Coordinates
- 54.05036, -2.80497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two posts located at the north-east end, to the south of the Church Steps in Lancaster. These posts date from around 1800 and are made of dressed sandstone. Each post stands about 1 meter high and has an octofoil shape with a slight taper. They feature a wider, flat cap of the same shape, which is topped with a cast-iron ball. Historically, these posts were placed to mark the boundary of Castle Parade, which was developed on the site of the ditch surrounding the northern and western sides of the Castle. This development was part of improvements made to the prison and law courts, and they are associated with four similar posts at the south-west end of Castle Parade.
Local climate
Posts (Two) at North East End, to South of Church Steps sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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